June 17, 2013

“Woke up afraid of my own shadow…like, genuinely afraid.” (the mountain goats)

twistednuns:

Saugatuck Summer Art School

(source)

songs: the alphonse mambo, the mountain goats; london, she and him; apology song, the decemberists; store, the mountain goats; dimming of the day, lily and madeleine.

June 10, 2013

kurt vonnegut’s daily routine

“To an unmoored, middle-aged man like myself, it was heart-breaking. That’s all right. I like to have my heart broken.”

(more here.)

June 8, 2013

on good writing versus talented writing

“Good writing is clear. Talented writing is energetic. Good writing avoids errors. Talented writing makes things happen in the reader’s mind — vividly, forcefully — that good writing, which stops with clarity and logic, doesn’t.” (HP Lovecraft)

More here.

June 7, 2013

doorway, howard street, thursday

IMG_2185

June 3, 2013

rewind

IMG_2178

(los angeles from the sky, photo by me.)

songs: darlin’, josh ritter; ashes like snow, lily kershaw; waiting for the bus, the violent femmes; lovecraft in brooklyn, the mountain goats; sorrow, the national; starting square, lucy wainwright roche; words cannot describe, mirah; hold me, thrill me, kiss me, she and him.

May 31, 2013

deborah moggach’s rules for writing

IMG_2109

(The Queen of Broken Hearts. My photo.)

“Don’t panic or be afraid; you and your characters are in it together. Trust them to come to your rescue.”

More  here.

May 31, 2013

some advice for graduates from two sociologists

“One of the hardest ways to be wrong involves saying something that is inadvertently prejudicial. When someone points out that something we said or did was racist, sexist, ableist, homophobic, classist or otherwise, we often feel attacked.  Remember, though, that if someone bothers to engage with you on this kind of issue, it means they think you’re worth it.  It’s really easy to write someone off as racist; it’s much harder to start a dialogue on the issue. If they do the latter, it’s because they’ve decided that you’re a good person who’s worth their time and energy.  So instead of launching into an explanation for why and how you can’t possibly be prejudiced, ask “Can you tell me what you mean?” and listen listen listen.”

More here.

May 27, 2013

infidelity

farmer’s market, donut peaches, avocados, museum of strangeness, radical people full of radical love. tired and relentlessly sad. I am cheating on New York right now, I have been all week. I am not done with this place. I want more of it, I want to take it with me.

hollywood

IMG_2138

IMG_2132

IMG_2136

 

paper or plastik café

IMG_2173

IMG_2171

museum of jurassic technology

IMG_2151IMG_2148

light

IMG_2160

IMG_2174

May 26, 2013

saturday

IMG_2125

(photo by me)

Sunburn. Escorted at clinic downtown this morning and afternoon. A small family gripped each other’s hands as they walked past through the crowd of antis praying loudly. This is a city full of strange, nonsensical beauty.

May 24, 2013

cake trays and blur, venice beach

IMG_2118

IMG_2107

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 30 other followers